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Cricket World Cup - India win in 2011
The World Cup 2011 was the 10th World Cup in the history of cricket which was jointly organized by India, Sri Lanka and Bangla country and teams from 14 countries focused in it. All these teams are divided into 2 groups. In Group 'A' where Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya were there, in Group 'B' there were India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangla Desh, Netherlands and Ireland. India was considered a strong contender for the title due to its strong batting.
India beat Bangla Desh by 87 runs in the first match of Group 'B'. The second match played between India and England was a tie in which both teams scored 338 runs in the scheduled overs. This was the fourth tie match of the World Cup. In their third and fourth match, India defeated Ireland and Netherlands in the best game of Yuvraj, while South Africa got their first defeat of the tournament in the fifth match. However, India defeated West Indies by 80 runs in their sixth and final group match to finish second in Group 'B' and made their place in the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Australia defeated India by 5 wickets due to the batting of Sachin and Gambhir and the all-round performance of Yuvraj. In the semi-final match, India defeated their rival Pakistan by 29 runs and got an opportunity to play Sri Lanka in the final.
In the final, Sri Lanka batting first scored 274 for 6 wickets in 50 overs with the help of Mahela Jayawardene's 104 runs and Sangakkara's 48 runs. In response, India scored 275 for 4 wickets with the help of Gambhir's 97 runs, Dhoni's 91 runs and Yuvraj's 45 runs. With this, India won the World Cup of cricket after 28 years. Yuvraj Singh was adjudged the best player of the World Cup 2011 for 352 runs and 15 wickets in the entire tournament.
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